Posted on 10/24/2017 10:27:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A non-partisan federal watchdog says climate change is already costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars each year, with those costs expected to rise as devastating storms, floods, wildfires and droughts become more frequent in the coming decades.
A Government Accountability Office report released Monday said the federal government has spent more than $350 billion over the last decade on disaster assistance programs and losses from flood and crop insurance. That tally does not include the massive toll from this year's three major hurricanes and wildfires, expected to be among the most costly in the nation's history.
The report predicts these costs will only grow in the future, potentially reaching a budget busting $35 billion a year by 2050. The report says the federal government doesn't effectively plan for these recurring costs, classifying the financial exposure from climate-related costs as "high risk."
"The federal government has not undertaken strategic government-wide planning to manage climate risks by using information on the potential economic effects of climate change to identify significant risks and craft appropriate federal responses," the study said. "By using such information, the federal government could take the initial step in establishing government-wide priorities to manage such risks."
GAO undertook the study following a request from Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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IOW the gubmint flood and crop insurance programs would be illegal in any state, if run by a private company.
I think they should pay trillions and cool down the sun or just set off the Yellowstone caldera.
Get rid of the GAO. Let members and committees of Congress get outside and competing analysis, on anything and everything, instead of pretending the GAO is non-partisan. Let multiple opinions and sources have their say instead of pretending the GAO is some sort of supreme authority with no peer.
So they’re number one in your book. LOL
I feel your anger. They are personally costing me over 5k a year for this carbon tax Alberta has now, and that’s not including additional costs for groceries, fuel, and goods.
It’s a scam, and I have yet to meet a true believer in climate change, yet we’re all supposed to accept that the science is settled and move on and accept our chains.
This is not going to end well, this among many other issues piling on, none of it will end well.
Yeah... and most of it is probably funding for people to study it and keep writing new climate "models".
Inflation alone will probably account for the overall cost increase in present year $$$$$$.
GOA......ESAD
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How many billions a year do illegals cost the American taxpayer?
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How many TRILLIONS does extra-constitutional\illegal GOVT cost the taxpayers (This coming ‘budget’? ~4.5T)?
How many BILLIONS does govt red-tape\bureaucracy\graft\inefficiency\etc. cost American taxpayers (just look at the cost of compiling\filing said taxes) per year?
A government that bailed out GM and investment banks at the tune of 500 billion, and 35 billion is budget busting? LOL.
Classical Marxism. Let’s play the game of only adding up the costs of global warming, but give no value to the benefits, if it even reasonably possible to assign monetary value to it.
How much has the US Government spent on this fraud? Don’t forget all the universities and the Gregg Mann’s out there across the world.
Delingpole: Now 400 Scientific Papers in 2017 Say Global Warming Is a Myth
breitbart.com ^ | 10/24/2017 | James Delingpole
Posted on 10/24/2017, 7:09:40 AM by rktman
When I reported earlier this year on the 58 scientific papers published in 2017 that say global warming is a myth the greenies heads exploded.
Since then, that figure has risen to 400 scientific papers.
Can you imagine the misery and consternation and horror this is going to cause in the corrupt, rancid, rent-seeking world of the Climate Industrial Complex?
I can. It will look something like this.
Just to be clear, so the greenies cant bleat about being misrepresented, here is what these various papers say:
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
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